This is the story of a girl
Who cried a river and drowned the whole world
While she looks so sad in photographs
I absolutely love her
When she smiles
How many days in a year
She woke up with hope
But she only found tears
And I can be so insincere
Makin' the promises never for real
As long as she stands there waitin'
Wearin the holes in the soles of her shoes
How many days disappear
When you look in the mirror
So how do you choose
Your clothes never wear as well the next day
And your hair never falls in quite the same way
You never seem to run out of things to say
This is the story of a girl
Who cried a river and drowned the whole world
While she looks so sad in photographs
I absolutely love her
When she smiles
How many lovers would stay
Just to put up with this shit every day and all day
How did we wind up this way
Watchin' the mouths for the words that we say
As long as we stand here waitin
Wearin' the clothes of the souls that we choose
How do we get there today
When we're walkin too far for the price of our shoes
Your clothes never wear as well the next day
And your hair never falls in quite the same way
But you never seem to run out of things to say
This is the story of a girl
Who cried a river and drowned the whole world
While she looks so sad and lonely there
I absolutely love her
When she smiles
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Well your clothes never wear as well the next day
And your hair never falls in quite the same way
You never seem to run out of things to say
This is the story of a girl
Who cried a river and drowned the whole world
While she looks so sad in photographs
I absolutely love her
This is the story of a girl
Her pretty face she hid from the world
And while she looks so sad and lonely there
I absolutely love her
This is the story of a girl
Who cried a river and drowned the whole world
While she looks so sad in photographs
I absolutely love her
When she smiles
When she smiles